*Tenure-Track Position Announcements: Pollination Cluster Hire*
** Bee Health ** Pollinator and Plant Interaction Networks **
Evolutionary Ecology of Pollination Mutualisms from the Plant
Perspective **
The University of California, Riverside seeks outstanding candidates
for three faculty positions in various aspects of pollinator and
pollination biology to be filled at the Assistant, Associate or Full
Professor rank. This cluster hire currently seeks collaborative
biologists examining issues related to (1) bee health (Open rank), (2)
pollinator and plant interaction networks (Assistant rank) and (3)
evolutionary ecology of pollination mutualisms from the plant
perspective (Assistant rank). The majority of crop systems and over a
third of global food production relies on animal pollination, and the
value added by managed pollination to US agricultural production exceeds
$20B per year. California is home to many of these crops with intensive
pollination needs, and accounts for the majority of paid pollination
contracts in the US. Research funding for pollinator health is
available from a number of national research agencies, and well as a
variety of commodity boards. Recognition of the importance of funding
research in pollinator health and pollination services has been growing
among these agencies in reaction to colony collapse disorder and
declining wild bee populations. Maintaining agricultural productivity
and natural plant communities will require enhanced knowledge of the
pollination interactions in these systems, and solutions to health and
management problems facing pollinators. These individuals will build on
existing strengths in fundamental and applied research in pollination
biology and social insects. Research to maintain agricultural
productivity and natural plant communities will require enhanced
knowledge of the pollination interactions in these systems, and
solutions to health and management problems facing pollinators.
The University of California at Riverside (UCR) is embarking on a major
new hiring initiative that will add 300 tenure-track positions in 33
cross-disciplinary areas selected through a peer-reviewed competition
([email protected]). Over the next three years, we will hire
multiple faculty members in each area and invest in research
infrastructure to support their work. This initiative will build
critical mass in vital and emerging fields of scholarship, foster truly
cross-disciplinary work and further diversify the faculty at one of
America’s most diverse research universities. We encourage applications
from scholars committed to excellence and seeking to help redefine the
research university for the next generation.
The successful candidates will hold an academic appointment in a
department selected during the recruitment, with the option of a
secondary cooperating faculty appointment if appropriate. Depending upon
the department of appointment, the position may include an appointment
in the Agricultural Experiment Station, which includes the
responsibility to conduct research and outreach relevant to the mission
of the California Agricultural Experiment Station
(http://cnas.ucr.edu/about/aes/).
Questions regarding this position should be directed to Dr. Timothy
Paine, Chair of the Pollination Cluster Hire Search Committee at
[email protected]. Review of applications will begin on January 31,
2016 and continue until the position is filled with an anticipated start
date of July 1, 2016. Assistant level applicants should apply through
https://aprecruit.ucr.edu/apply/JPF00515. The Bee Health Senior
applicants should apply through
https://aprecruit.ucr.edu/apply/JPF00514. Applications should include a
curriculum vitae (6 pages maximum), statements of research interests (3
pages maximum), and teaching interests and philosophy (2 pages maximum).
In addition, a statement of contributions to diversity will be required.
Candidates applying for the Assistant Professor position will need to
provide 3-4 letters of reference. Individuals applying for positions
above the Assistant level will be required to provide 3-4 names and
contact details for confidential references.
The University of California is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative
Action Employer with a strong institutional commitment to the
achievement of excellence and diversity among its faculty and staff. All
qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without
regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender
identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, or
any other characteristic protected by law.
UCR is a world-class research university with an exceptionally diverse
undergraduate student body. Its mission is explicitly linked to
providing routes to educational success for underrepresented and
first-generation college students. A commitment to this mission is a
preferred qualification. Advancement through the faculty ranks at the
University of California is through a series of structured, merit-based
evaluations, occurring every 2-3 years, each of which includes
substantial peer input.
--
Erin Wilson Rankin, Assistant Professor
Department of Entomology
University of California, Riverside
900 University Ave
Riverside, CA 92521
[email protected]
office: 951-827-5735
